IBM HS12 - BladeCenter - 8028, Installation And User Manual

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Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Safety statements . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . 1
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . 3
The IBM Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . 3
Hardware and software requirements . . . . . 4
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . 4
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . 5
Features and specifications. . . . . . . . . . 5
What your blade server offers . . . . . . . . 6
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features . . 8
IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Major components of the blade server . . . . . 10
Chapter 2. Power, controls, and
indicators
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Blade server controls and LEDs. . . . . . . . 11
Turning on the blade server . . . . . . . . 13
Turning off the blade server . . . . . . . . 13
Blade server connectors . . . . . . . . . 14
Chapter 3. Installing options . . . . . 15
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . 15
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 15
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . 16
Removing the blade server from the BladeCenter
unit .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Opening the blade server cover. . . . . . . . 17
Removing an optional expansion unit . . . . . 18
Installing a fixed-storage drive . . . . . . . . 19
Installing a hot-swap storage drive . . . . . . 20
Installing a memory module. . . . . . . . . 21
Installing a concurrent KVM card . . . . . . . 24
I/O expansion cards . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing an I/O expansion card . . . . . . 26
Installing a high-speed expansion card . . . . 28
Installing an optional expansion unit . . . . . . 29
Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . 30
Closing the blade server cover . . . . . . . 31
Installing the blade server in a BladeCenter unit 31
Updating the blade server configuration . . . . 33
Input/output connectors and devices . . . . . . 33
Chapter 4. Configuring the blade server 35
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . 35
Configuration/Setup Utility menu . . . . . . 36
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . 39
ServerGuide features . . . . . . . . . . 39
Setup and configuration overview . . . . . . 39
Typical operating-system installation . . . . . 40
Installing the operating system without using
ServerGuide .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using the PXE boot agent utility program . . . . 41
Firmware updates . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller. . . . 41
Configuring a SAS RAID array . . . . . . . . 42
Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program 43
Chapter 5. Installing the operating
system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD to
install the operating system .
. . . . . . . . 45
Using RDM to install the operating system . . . . 45
Downloading installation instructions . . . . . 46
Chapter 6. Solving problems . . . . . 47
Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . 47
ServerGuide problems . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Appendix. Getting help and technical
assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . 52
Getting help and information from the World Wide
Web .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Software service and support . . . . . . . . 52
Hardware service and support . . . . . . . . 53
IBM Taiwan product service . . . . . . . . . 53
Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Particulate contamination. . . . . . . . . . 57
Documentation format. . . . . . . . . . . 58
Electronic emission notices . . . . . . . . . 58
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
statement .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Industry Canada Class A emission compliance
statement .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Avis de conformité à la réglementation
d'Industrie Canada .
. . . . . . . . . . 58
Australia and New Zealand Class A statement . 59
European Union EMC Directive conformance
statement .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Germany Class A statement . . . . . . . . 59
Taiwan Class A compliance statement . . . . 60
People's Republic of China Class A electronic
emission statement .
. . . . . . . . . . 60
Japan VCCI Class A statement . . . . . . . 61
Korea Communications Commission (KCC)
statement .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Japan Electronics and Information Technology
Industries Association (JEITA) statement.
. . . 61
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
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